The Sun. — London, England, 1818-09-03 00:00:00

13U6N.OALITE. FOR THE SUN. . M. EbIT6R,---13tioNAP;ivre having recently T en the subject of discussion, I send von the °ll°Wing account of him, dm 'Main de niaiffe. ist Sept. 1813. ISf:UTIIM Reg. bpi. " hits fell that Colossni, Whit+ had long been 4 °P the an ohject of contemplation, and to the 1:611`1 at larae snhieet of astonis'iment. Without "" av iPt: hAd personally much opportnnity of judg- I ng 11U01.4APARTF., I took 'colt iderable pains to "lit'et his 'fie/tHments and observe his actions. I i nclined to think that he had very little esteetu for his sprcies ; he spoke of justice as An empty of gotitCees as weakness, and of religion as a dre am• To sow for the sake of a contingent or eventnal harvest ,was insupportable to him, he "nice any Project req u iring length of time for its fulfilment appe are d to him a chimera. His po hie.Y nas consequently different from that of most ,!4tesmen, and cons i ste d ent i re l y i n expe di ents, p" plan bei ng p..t to prepare Inc co u r se a events, hilt 10 take forcible possession of them. In this e"', nations, religion, opinions, friends, and h. errl ies, were all alike ohjects of indifference •to He spewed himself unequal to a task re- Tsiri ng time, patience, and perseverance." FRENCH ?AYERS. CRFCEIVCD LAST NIGHT 418 11 ARTs, A uG. 30 —All the Dep4rtmental Jour -1: are fill e d w i t h the deta i ls of the fa res and re 4:icings which took pl ace on t h e occas i on o f t h e estiv4 i of St. Ltinis. s it is said, that after reviewing the Austrian c -.41) !' 1 , th e Doke of Welling ii ton will return t o "444 V• On the 10th of September the Eng cot'tOtlgent will be reviewed is the presence of 4 : f e 13 11k e of Kent. The Duke of Wellington will ti tert v Ar "'' Proceed to Aix-la-Chapelle, where his 2: 4e t its expected about the 24th of September. 41.4'44 the middle of October there will he a 70441 1. tview o f the Army of Occepation,at which M° ° 'ne n w i ll be assembled. 7 ., tie lie Tribunal of Correctional Police gave judg. 0 4. 4 . t Yesterday in the second case of Clionitne *l ,* T he Sie ur C reton, the aut h or of the work, % Rd leiltenCed to three months' imprisonment, Lhail a r 6 "e of 50 francs ; and the bookseller ~ it,llll ''he d ec i me d Editor, to a year's impri- L , :"t, and a fi ne o f 5600 francs. The women, th on srne and Lefesre, were acquitted. f 1 1 : 41 1t I, ve , s leta arrived at Marseilles in seven days 'tenete-e Q iraits of Gibraltar, have brought intel. wh at 4 2 ll tl l -I b an English brig of war from Ports r"leoi, eeni s i cruisin g i n th e gulf of Cadiz, for the i t Z j :ed t o "f co l timerce. This nicasure is sup ? Il eter,, q . v e been resorted to in consequence of ~-t'Prets ,Nation of the British Government to rtt'ine,rl" piracies of the American insurgent It ' I I& e: . • tu f i 'us, Secr e t ar y to the .King of Sweden, ved a t paris. Satu r d ay FIVE PER CENTS. •.• 791. 85e. OftL bEFltitit ED STOCK.. 88 r. 85 c. 'fit 22d March, 1817 , Sh f. 85c. 28 d Sep t . 1817, 84 E. 85c. n b 22d March, ISIB, that •Piehrs!l4l4ltG, Aug. 22.".••••Ir is proceed ~, te,.e t „ 4 k4arsiiiii the Prince de tii I tinder . s i t i ood Lilt ;4'14-Chapelle on the arrival th . e . r l w e b i t e if invested the Al %nil "eeins ;it is thought he will knp,,,e th e retinisite powers to treat re specting the Bavaria. t, inenla ball ry- indemnity claimed by a the t),t:VP'll. APG. 18. thihli l 'e aud Duchess of Clarence made_ —Their Royal 1 - m l a ig d l e in t e i s i s e e i s r yesterday tvtilic ""trY into this city at six o'clock d 11) ring. ir ix it,IL amidst salvoes of artillery an v‘kina'lll the bells. The city Their 4 With .• and magnificence. t tl ai i „reat taste was afterwards illu of the vri "algitnesses reside at the h o tel ti„llice4. Which has been prepared v 4" furnished with great taste. for their rec ap . 1 . itithlieLlNC4Yo AUG. 2G.--Prince Taller-alp- re r n e .. • tl„trs,:l,l'oln his visit to the water' of vibe'. YThe :Nubile* days befor e the tlitte of St'. 1.01111. 'tli t us announced on the evening before by fir. on the t4114":144 Ile Castle. Salvors were fi red the ;NI: day at 6 o'clock in. the. morning: Al l leyi.;4thorities elind at ilie Castle. Prince 1 l ai i ' fled , who was present, proposed the . hea tl l 1(111Aing, which was received • minitko. ti Th ..... with universe . ),gsa :%'ell -known coloil'i--‘-'“7lmroN has par ""hed .w"llblgnificent domains in France, which kr tti ll e g " , to Noblemen of high rank under the ftittnitt.9'erUizient. Such ate the .. tlit . , _ vicissitudes o I hks 14 , kat Rail. Lord DOUGLAS, of Dourtas. Ziletieuted the Rev. Aticillioao 11'1`ComEcNY, 17114148M0W, to the mined Parish and Church of '40141:141 I 'r t) in the Presbytery of Dtmse, TI Y th e deatl ofrile R • JOHN CAMPBELL: tr, le Ai . i 'G 4 ii t i 41:9"ts otl.Volic.asaßa inte n d s to proceed 4.0,1 '•%4C;hapelle the Assizes at letid elitti. are c o , c).17 a s 3""4l Lordship did in' stilt eti?Hrivnee6intbeiltl:Ybing) .:1"1:eelitil? o fls WeLLiNtiGieTO to Jury Ow t (3,1 4 , 1 tit, being 14 retrian to Poor h„ he ssizes, •lre •was • 1en4,14.'"e unusual viretoinstance of their post prevented so eitvll43 bee h b er et of a served, that the woman who was u, row.. b"Y ori the top nt the coach near r'il g 1, cßt e , ~,,. , Iv" 41 .11 on 1;."Yllt to make him an actor, as he al titer' "e stop. 4• on b.. ...... • ted 11 1141 " I)V livid is now brilliantly Mumma a , •il e 1 , ga, : „ . -44.- "'nip, ""ts, and tlte elegant `kite, ' 44 e an additiottel beatity'to the fine supporters t:s. ft, s ber lie I () loll il4 issi l34 " l e tlg int enroll/ Fronc e i will be Ink) 10 ill Ibt Of 9°Cli fined ig it mg' i lie hof Ned t° Indeed' fficien g , fig t° nm enG Per I". itiiictOr wi der!, g I,d'i e soY" I Of in. i t i'l A itiroPe' nce.'' !OOP " Frencb rithn fil lit , the for 114 of the' ,ntorea' e for. , coo!, ,g that epeP d ‘ roi er, • bo re t 10°,4'; te te" 110 091 oil I d to ol k & fort' fr Id 5 mails r Ilt or AllO n ' whol e 1116 wbo „Id 01 e vent , CAP t ” s ill(' ,r 319 ` of (II : ror 11 ,6 )0 tten Ce e%) ,_ rC Ol e ion I. P rt , v oie 6 ite i l l e s oil ;vilop filO s iUe li"i ulie pre glow If!, s r' %vit t/ iion le ; ett 13- lol l)et Nen' 0 0 00 :4 .11t-cr4 67.11 P NEWS. PoRTSMoUTH, SEPT. 2.—Arrivcd his iiAiesty's ' ship Semiramis from Africa,- with (lie corpse of Sir James YE° ;' his Majesty's ships Iphigenia from Halifax, and Rosario from a cruise ; Sir George Osborn (transport) from Quebec, and sailed again for Chatham, with troops ; sailed from Quebec the 24 August, in company with the Alfred, Lady Hamilton, and Albury transports ; passed the Molitirch, for London, in the River, on the day of sailing .Aug. 24, spoke a ship, under Dutch colours, belonging to Rotterdam, from New Yotk for Loudon, the Captain of which had died on the passage, in 1at.48. long. 30. Ar rived also tile Anie), transport from Quebec; with 8 det B eillnelq of the 99th Regiment, and army clo t hi ng 3-00 the 26th Angust, in lat.-48 . long. 27. 11. spoke the Carron, front London for Prince Edward's Island ; and also the Ocean, JOHNsoN, from Batavia—sailed the 12th April, and from St. Helena the 30th June. The Phoenix store-ship was to sail for Bengal the 3d July.— Spoke, on the 20th July, the ship London, of ‘Vhitby, for Batavia, in bit. 12. 30. long. 25. W. all well. The Regolos traOsp-ort, bound to Gi braltar, having sprung a leak at sea, has . put back, and come into harbour. CASTLETO►t'N, AUG. 26.—The Insurgent pri vateer Vigilantia, Captain Ross; of Buenos Ayres, arrived in this !ion on the 21111. She remains here some time—he has not given any account of what vessels he met with. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. J.—Arrived the Brilliant Star, BARTON Cate JONGE), front Bahia; sailed the 6th July; on the 26th August, in Ist. 4S. 12. long. 24 spoke the Jane, front Watetford for Prince Edward's Island. Arrived the Pacific, IVILLIAMS, from New York ; sailed the 12th August ; spoke, on the 25th August, the Martin, from Dublin for Prince Edward's Island, in lot. 49. 23. long. 32 4. NOIITH SHIELDS, Aug. 31.—Passet1 this port the Euretta, from Davis's Straits, %I-ilk 6 fish. Yesterday a Court 01 Directors was held at the East India House, %v ten the t 11 , wili t ; ships were taken tin, and thus stationed, viz. : Marquis Camden, of 1200 tons, Captain Thomas Larkins ; Charles Grant, i2OO, Captain Hugh Scott; Lowther Castle, 1400, Captain Charles Mortiock ; Inglis, 1200, Captain Thos. Borrodaile ; and Essex, 1200, Captain It chard Nisbett ; for Bombay and C' ina. Atlas, 1200 tons, Captain Charles 0. Mayne ; iVaterloo, 1825, Captain Richard Alsager ; and Streatham, 820, Haviside t for Bengal and China. New ship building by Messrs. Clay, 1300 tons, Captain John R. Franklin; and General Kyd, 1200, Captain Alexander Nairne ; fur Madras and China. Bombay, 1200 tons, Captain Archibald Hamilton ; and Ge neral Harris, 120 u, Captain George Welstead ; far St. He lena, Bombay, and China. • Rose, 955 tons, Captain Thomas Meraggart ; Minerva, 976, Captain George Richardson; Carnatic. 840, Captain John Blanchard ; anti Thomas Grenville, 836, Captain William - Dl,nning; for Madras and Bengal. Princess Charlotte of %Vales, 978 lons, Captain C. B. orili• ble ; and Marquis of Wellington, 961, Captain John Woud, for Bengal direct. Capiain Wm. MANNINo w•as sworn into the command of the ship Thomas Grenville. FIRE AT SHEERNESS. SHEERNESS, SEPT. I.—Last night, rather before eleven o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out in High-street, Blue Town, at a innen-draper's shop, a few doors from Mr. Mmt.aft's, the woollen draper, which raged with the utmost f u ry till past one, when its destructive progress was only at.. rested by pulling dons a the house of Mr. REAL, grocer, after it had destroyed several dwellings and caused much damage to others. pH the first alarm of this dreadful accident the alarm hells in the Dock yard rang, and the Northomberland, 74, Captain ‘VaLicaft, commenced firing guns for the immeniate assembling of the boa s belonging to the ships. Tbe military were also under arms with the greatest alacrity, anti persons of all ranks rendering every assistance. Frf , ll4 the contiguity of the Dockyard, it was at first conjectured it was there, but although large flakes of fire fell in that place, and the ft ace that fronted the de vouring element was burnt, yet from the able arrangements of the Hon. Commissioner Boyta, who was on the spot on the first alarm, no injury whatever was sustained; and much praise is due to the respective Officers for their prompt and ju dicious measures, and the celerity with which the orders of the Commissioner were executed. No reason for tine accident can he assigned, and it is many years since this town suffered so severe a loss, although- two similar accidents have oc curred in thkDock-yard, to which place they were confined. The loss in property is said to he great, and will he some time felt. Several persons have been very seriously injured, but no lives are stated to have hero lost. Miss STEPHENs continues to he-very attractive in Dublin, and, according to report, praCtice has given to her more courage, and brought forth im proved powers as an Actress. Covent Garden Theatre, we understand, is to he opened to the proprietors and their friends, in order to display the new decorations, &c. to morrow evening. The audience part, it seems, has undergone so complete at► alteration, as in present the appearance of a new Theatre. Was this necessary with so good a company of per formers ? One of the early novelties, if it can be so term ed, expected at Drury-lane Theatre, is said to he a remoulding of Richard the Third, excluding what was wilful) by CIBBFR, and supplying all from the stores of SHAKSPEARK IliillStif. This is really a dramatic desideratum, and the merit of the com pilation is ascribed to Mr. SWIPT, who is well qualified for the nuclei thtking by poetical talents, tsste, andlowwledge. GIAUCgSTgIi ASSIZgS, AuG 31. , It is well knoWn that the Assizes for this Coun ty oiiglit to Bate been held Sande weeks ago, but that the lateoeii of the hour at which Mr, : Baron (JARROW had arrived front Aftitiniouth made it ne cessary to renew the Continisskn. That renewed Couttnis‘ion was opened this morning at nine o'clock by Nit-. Justice lioLttnYhi and Air. Baron GAanow, the latter having arrived last night, and the former having been met at the nearest turn pike on the TewkesWory road this morning by the High Sheriff and his meta. At ten o'clock the Judges n High Sheriff" procfrded to the Cathedral, and heard divine ser vice performed. At twelve o'clock Mr. BArnn GAP.ltnir took his seat in the Crown Court ; Mr. Justice Hot-Rolm in the Nisi Prius. The C►titudar contains sixty. eight l►risoners for the to►ti•n and county. The charges are all of the common kind, by far the greater nomber for petty larceny The Gran►l Juries for the County and for the City were sworn, and tl►e Proclamation-aesitist •Protnoenes9, and was read The ,llar►inis Of WORCESTER is Foreman of the Count• Gran►! Jury ; next to hint stood Lord ANLEY and the Right Hon. CHARLES BRAOGF BATH URST. Mr. Baron ' GARROW.—Gen►lemen, When I address the Representatives of all that is high in rank, re spectable, and estimable in the County, I cannot avoid saying something of the — tirctonstances under which we are met. That I hare had a part in the proceedings svhieb occasioned so much trouble, and so much unprofitable expence to this County. is to me Matter of painful regret. Were I conscious of any blame that conic) be attached to my conduct, or of any neglect on my part of what could hare pm:rented the serious inconvenience that has arisen. I should not have the courage to meet you here this day, whatever might.be the consequence to myself. At the hazard at least of inrapncitating myself for the performance of my duty, 1 hurried hither; the highest legal authority has declared that no blame was imputable to any one; many among► yourselves have expressed your con viction to the same effect. This I speak not from vanity, but from an anxiety which I feel to discharge my duty. At the same time I must say, that this matter has been to me and will be for some time, a source of real sorrow and affliction. His Lordship then proceeded to make suitable observations on the various charges in the Calen dar. They were the result of an improved state of the country, and of the progress of knowledge and virtue,'vrhich he hoped would "go .on increas ing, while crimes of every kind would be dimi nishing in number and importance. several cases were then tried, but none of any particular interest. F A I It S. Extract from - the Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improceroent of Prison Discipline and for the Reforma tion of Joet bile Offenders. All fAcilities to conceal anti foster guilt are ini quitous, and it is high time we should awake from our day dreams. and utterly extirpate all nurseries for dept avitv and retreats for vice. Whilst flashhouses are miitormly and daily adding to the catalogue of eriniinals,• the fairs in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis. afford occasionally a oper"Rbunclant supply. Entire immediate vicinity vtf London there are no less. than 82 fair-days in the space of seven mouths. Every specks of debauchery and profligacy is here encouraged and promoted— gambling, drunkenness, and seduction, and :all the train of vices necessarily concomitant with u nrestra i ne d I:centiousuess. These fairs are a general rendez vous for all the 111031 infamous characters, and furnish a plentiful harvest for swindlers, pick pockets, anti all who prey upon the community.— It is difficult to conceive what beneficial end can he answered by their continuance ; as a mart for the idle of merchandise they are not re• quired ; neither are they calculated to serve such a purpose, nor are they, in tact, at all instruments' in promoting trade. We know, by experience, that they disturb the peace of the Community, Occasion great trouble to the Magistrates, and fill the public offices with complaints. of riots anti depredations. There seems to exist no good reason for their further continuance. All the efforts of the magistracy to repress the licen tiousness which always prevails have been utterly unsuccessful, and the mi•chief at present arising from them can only be effectually prevented by an entire abolition. Gann/ FRUIT IN ‘VINTRR.--.Let cherries, straw berries, raspberries, plums, peaches, ur any other succulent fruit whatever, he put into a vessel, somewhat like that used by common confectioners for freezing ice creams, around which put salt and ice, exactly as they do : the fruit will soon be frozen, when it should be curried to the ice house, and placed in a hole dug out in the centre of the ice, and over the top of the hole a quantity of powdered charcoal should be placed, secured by ft common watch-coat blanket. When the winter season arrives, the containing vessel msy be opened, and the fruit , taken out in its frozen stale ; then place it in cold water to thaw, and it will be found as delicious AS when first gathered. When salt and ice, in the manner employed by confectioners in general, shall be found inadequate to freeze some frni;s hard enough, the mixture for producing an intense cold, as spoken of . by CHAPTAL, the celebrated chemist, of 884, salt petre, and glauber salts, will effectually freeze it very hard. Yesterday afternoon a waterman, not more than 20 years of age, named Thomas Young, plying on the Surrey side of Waterloo Bridge, was hired by a Gentleman to row him over to she opposite side. He rowed him within ten yards of the stairs, when he was seized with a fit ; he drop ped his oars, and fell over the side of the boat into the water. The Gentleman called for assistance, and a number of watermen immediate. ly hastened to the spot. The young man had sunk before they arrived. .Drags were procured, anti the body was starched for, but was not found. On Monday night, a valuable bay mare, the property of HITNIPHHEY HOWARTH, Esq. M.P toe Eversbam, was stolen -out of A ground adjoin ing the premises of Mr. Jonst HanatsoN, et Banstrad, in Sarrey. The stables of Air. Halm tioN were broken open at' the same rime, and a bridle, saddle, snaftlie, bit, &v, carried ulf. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. sumoriarttr. AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. [From " The vsidre Chronicle, Aug. ca.] The Seventh Arireibersi.y of the a, ire Auxiliary Bible Soeiet y gas held in the (7 Ad 1141i on WeAtt. play ; and we scarcely Ter wit nessed there on any occasion, to nom..rous,- so respectable, and so interesting an s • sernbly,- 'sari i cularly of females. The Rev. At. It•teac.rn Cor bett, President of the Inslitistion, petted the business of the day in 1011 , 1 ilig adoress, which was beard with deep interest. Before I proceed to move that the able and sa tisfactory Report we have jost heard read be printed, I cannot but advert to that port ot it s; t re'cords the Sermons recently preauhed at St. Chad's Church, in tltis town, tot the benefit of this Institution. You hove heard that the sons then collected was gr eater than had h en before received by its upon any similar oceaston, and drat the preachers - w ere Mr. S.amitel Lee soul Mr. Langley. Of Mr. Langley, it would t,r itieecor outs in rite to .say mulch at this time, for he is pre sent ; but his merits are well know to us as one of the Secretsries ot this Society—one of those Gentleman to whose zealous affection for this cause, and to whose grat tatting labours MAI, we arc very deeply indebted. But M. Lee ,is not present, and at the-mention of his name_ l may well say, as the Roman Historian did at the men tion of the names of Cato and of l Cesar.." (M -aim yes obtulerat silentio pueterire non- felt 'cowl hart." But Igo timber, I out only think it would he wrong in..ine-to p'ass over its site .ce the name of Mr. Lee, thus brought betrne us,. but I gladly seize the opp , rtnnity of expressing my ad nriration at the rare (+dews-with which he is en dowed : and unable as lan) to do justice. either to the powers of • his mind or the goodness of his disposition ; incomeettnt as I feel ta!,. self to point out either, the extent of his leaf wog or toe piety of its Application ; yt t so difficult is it to act from motives entirely disinterested, that I may be suspected of speaking with some bias upon this subject w hen I announce Mr. Lee as a Ilal ye of the parish wherein I was horn, and wherein I have conrititted to teside ; and it might he supposed, from this ctrcum stance, that I was early acquainted with the pin mise of so tieh aultstrvest ; that I was familiar with the progress of .such unlooked-for eruali lion. Bust the fact, is quite. otherwise. The only education Mr. I xt V, rived among its was that of se village 'Wool; 'evfiere nOthing more was taught !Fran reading, And as it ; awl he lift this school at 12 years of age to learn the trade of a carpenter and builder, tinder his inge foosis aud tesneetable relative, Mr. Aldermail Lee, of this town : and it was not till years after this that he conceived the idea of acquiring foreign languages ; and then it was with such singleness of heart that he pursued his object, that he nei ther sought nor accepted opportunities of corn miinicaring it ; and it was tint till alter an inter val of six years, Rita then by chance, that I found out that he had in that 'space taught hiniselt to read and to write iu Latin, in Greek. and in He brew : he had tartgl:l himself the Chalice, the Sys rite, and the Sainarit,..n latigtroges--and, all this unaided by any instructor ; tinciteered by any li let y companion ; iminfinenced by rhe hope either of profit or of platse. And here let me pose at this very singular feature in the pot trait I am en deavouring to delineate: for where shall we meet with a devotion to letters so solitary or so pure I know, indeed, that issuances are tint unfrequent where the mind has arisen superior to its origi nal destination, or where eminence has been at tained under circumstances adverse and unt;ou nnr .. able. Bat we more generally find that d tostado lion has been laid; and that those who have distinguished themselves as scholars have gone through the regular rontine of classical education, or have been assisted by masters of supetior abi lity. Such was the case with Mr. James Ci ichron, of Clunie, in Scotland, better it/town by the [Nine of" the Al Crichton," in the lis: of whose tutors the find the name even of Buchanan. And having introduced the nrentioo of this extraordi nary perso,;, this " Pliconix of Literature," as lie is designated by one of his Biographers, I would willingly rim some parallel between him awl Mr.- Lee : for though comparisons ate justly saiu to be odious, yet it I take my example flout the 16th century, 1 shall scarcely he sectored of shoring against the spirit of this wholesome proverbonore especially as my object is merely that of elucida tioo nor is it necessary for my purpose to endea vour to depreciate the pottegyries of Sir Thomas Urquhart, or of the authorities he quotes, by TLC more sober criticism of Dr. Kippis; for 1 know not that the warmest ndtriiiers the Admirable Crichton have advanced any thing concerning him, a few hyperbolical expressions excepted, that is superior uo what Mr. Lee either has done, or may well be supposed capable of doing, it he thought right and fit so to do. Mr. Crichrou, then, was the son of rgentletnart of andel)t fami ly and hereditary tos;tbiff, aunt therefore We may presume, that, in addition to the living Resistance 1 have mentioned, lie Was amply supplied with the usual helps and incitements to learning, and that at an age %Alien the mind is most ductile and open to such pursuits : whilst, on the other hand, we find Mr. Lee oppressed with the cores and la hours of life ; without any living .assistant what soever ;—wilhotat the stimulus either of hope or of fear ; seeking concealment 'other than the smile of approbation, and very scantily with the necessary materials : for Mr. Lee's ciao. ings at this tittle were barely sufficient to the poorest nosiotenance, yet he spared fro-ft' this pit tance to purchase such a grammar as crushd be ta c t with upon the book-stalls of this town ; and when he had read thrtoicli a volume procured in a similar Kummer, he as forced to pay it axey again, as part of the owe of the nem ououls I,e wished to purr - base. Here then is a s 11.1 e ok difficulties surmounted by Mr. Lee, st hich Mr, Crichton had not to combat. Again, it is said that Mr. Crichton's learning, however stupen dous, was not at goiter! by the sacrifice of any of those pleasures its which youth usually indulges, or by the omission of any of those occomplish ments in which it becomes a gentleman to excel. Now, so far as this marks out the interruptions give!' to Mr. Criclitou's severer studies, ne shall find those of Mr. Lee at least equally brcisen in 1